City of Baton Rouge v. Cross
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Second Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge; H. E. Brunot, Judge. Consolidated proceedings by the City of Baton Rouge against T. Jones Cross and against Robert A. Hart. Erom judgments giving them insufficient relief, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
The city of Baton Rouge, in these two proceedings which have been consolidated, sought to expropriate two city lots belonging to these two defendants. The verdict of the jury was for $3,000 for each lot, and defendants have appealed. They ask that the award be increased to $4,500 for each lot.
The only question in the case is one with reference to value. The defendants placed several real estate agents on the witness stand who testified that the lots were worth from $4,200 to $6,000 each, or an average of about $4,600 or $4,700 each. All of those estimates appear to be high; and some of them…
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